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Chirinos in, Napoli out of Rangers’ lineup

Robinson Chirinos has forced his way into the Texas Rangers’ lineup on a more regular basis, and is increased playing time appears to have come at the expense of fan-favorite Mike Napoli.

Chirinos started Wednesday at designed hitter the night after connecting for his 11th home run and lowering his at-bat/homer ratio to an MLB-best 8.82 among players with at least two home runs.

He has only 97 at-bat this season as the backup to catcher Jonathan Lucroy, and the Rangers want to see what he can do on a more regular basis.